So now, the case is closed?Will we ever know who placed it on eBay, is there a way to track down?Where did it come from?Where was it pilfered from, by whom?One last question.What is so special about this book, when there may be thousands of copies of Narek??

The Zhoghovurd Newspaper reported that three Armenian manuscripts
"from the collection of a gentleman of New York" is put up on
liveauctioneers.com. In addition, the newspaper writes, judging by
the photos posted on the web, all the three are intact and in a very
good state. They are dated 15-16th centuries. The starting bid for
two is 4000 dollars and 5000 dollars for the third one. Bidding will
be tomorrow October 17.

YEREVAN. – Someone from the United States has auctioned off three Armenian manuscripts on Liveauctioneers.com, Zhoghovurd daily reports.

“Judging from the photos posted on the web, all three of them are intact and fairly well preserved; they date back to the 1500s-1600s.

“The starting price for two of the manuscripts is USD 4,000 and that of the other is USD 5,000. The auction will take place on [Thursday,] October 17.

“The Zhoghovurd reporter tried to inquire from Matenadaran [i.e., the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan] whether they are aware of these manuscripts, and if so, is Matenadaran going to buy them.

“But there was no answer. They told our reporter from Matenadaran that Director Hrachya Tamrazyan had returned from France yesterday [i.e., Tuesday], [and] promised to turn the phone over to him later.

“But when our reporter telephoned Tamrazyan at the agreed time, he did not answer the phone calls,” Zhoghovurd writes.

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS. The second oldest library of the
world, the Bodleian Libraries of Oxford University, for the first
time exhibits his collection of Armenian rare manuscripts and printed
books. Exhibition headlined "Armenia: Masterpieces from an Enduring
Culture" is dedicated to the 2,500 years of Armenia history. As
"Armenpress" was informed from the press service of Bodleian Library,
Armenia's Enduring Culture can refer to the great antiquity of
Armenian culture, spanning more than two and a half millennia, from
its first mention, carved into stone, in the reign of King Darius I
(c. 550-486 BCE) to the modern Republic of Armenia and the numerous
Diaspora communities worldwide.

Yet endurance can also refer to the suffering and hardship which
has befallen the Armenians. 2015 marks the centenary of the genocide
against the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire by the Young
Turk government during World War I.

In their honour, the library displays over one hundred items spanning
more than two thousand years of cultural history: from King Tigranes II
the Great's coins minted in the first century BCE, through sumptuously
and more modestly decorated manuscripts from the Middle Ages, to the
treasured objects of survivors of the 1915 genocide.